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Book

The Great Gatsby ; All the sad young men ; &, other writings, 1920-1926

Call Number

  • FICTION FITZ (CEN)

Publication Information

New York, N.Y. : The Library of America, [2022]

Physical Description

xii, 744 pages ; 21 cm.

Uniform Title

Works. Selections

Summary

"It was Gatsby that solidified his reputation as the chronicler of the Jazz Age and established him as one of the leading American novelists of his generation. Perhaps no other novel of the twentieth century makes a greater claim to being our Great American Novel--for its poetic prose, its exploration of the broad, intertwined themes of money, class, and American optimism (Daisy Buchanan's voice is "full of money"), its dominance of high school and college curricula, and its claims upon the public imagination. The novel is presented in a newly edited text, correcting numerous errors and restoring Fitzgerald's preferred American spellings. Also included in this volume are Fitzgerald's third collection of stories, All the Sad Young Men, which includes some of the author's best short fiction--"Winter Dreams," "The Rich Boy," and "Absolution"--as well as a generous selection of stories and nonfiction from the period 1920-1926, all in newly corrected texts."--Amazon.

Contents

  • The Great Gatsby
  • All the sad young men
  • Uncollected short stories 1920-1296
  • Nonfiction 1920-1926.
  • The Great Gatsby
  • All the sad young men. The rich boy ; Winter dreams ; The baby party ; Absolution ; Rags Martin-Jones and the Pr-nce of W-les ; The adjuster ; Hot and cold blood ; "The sensible thing" ; Gretchen's forty winks
  • Uncollected stories, 1920-1296. Myra meets his family ; The smilers ; The popular girl ; Dice, brassknuckles, and guitar ; Diamond Dick ; The third casket ; The unspeakable egg ; John Jackson's arcady ; The pusher-in-the-face ; Love in the night ; One of my oldest friends ; A penny spent ; "Not in the guidebook' ; Presumption ; The adolescent marriage ; The dance
  • Nonfiction, 1920-1296. The author's apology ; An interview with Mr.Fitzgerald ; Who's who--and why ; The credo of F. Scott Fitzgerald ; Three cities ; What I think and feel at 25 ; How to live on $36,000 a year ; How to live on practically nothing a year ; How to waste mateial
  • Chronolgy.

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